Model Y Juniper Long Range Rear Wheel Drive - Now Available in the US

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Holy cow, that range! We just ordered the awd!

Bring on the performance model!

I had to click to see what you were talking about…357 mi…that’s great!

And 7 seat option

Too small

Now waiting for that sweet 0% interest then i'm all in!!

Looks like the speakers aren't a downgrade like the M3

Is the battery NMC or LFP?

does it mention that somewhere?

Honestly huge. I’m a dingus and didn’t know that my RWD M3 had the base stereo. It isn’t bad, but I miss the bass. Everything else about the car has been perfect.

All long range Tesla's are NMC

I am intrigued by a stretch long wheelbase 7 seater… not clear if that is coming to the U.S.

1.99% financing only applies to the Dual Motor and not the RWD so not worth it imo. You are paying the same monthly payment.

Such good value

And that's on the new, more realistic test. This is a huge range boost from the pre-refresh.

Aren't they NCA?

That's what I'm waiting for. If they pull the IRA credit before that comes, it means I won't be upgrading.

Ooooh whaaaa?!? This might sway me to just go this route instead of the AWD… I don’t really neeeed AWD but I wanted the extra features…

You can compare the RWD to the AWD and it states the differences on the website

About damn time. Tesla needs to decouple interior options with power train and battery options completely. It reeks of up-selling arrogance which they frankly aren't in a position to do right now.

And V2L and faster charging and HW5. As a HW3 driver I may just wait one more year b

Model Y is in a dumb place right now for financing. Makes zero sense to pull on RWD without 1.99.

It is here in the UK, that's what really swayed me to go for the LR AWD. It's the only model for us available with the premium speaker setup

And the depreciation!

Uh, it's not as if Tesla is the only one who does this. At least it's only ever three trims, RWD, AWD, Performance. For instance, there's 6 trims for the ID.4, 8 trims for EV6, and 10 for the Taycan! The Lightning used to have far too many, though now down to 4. It's like: "I liked that trim but I have to upgrade to get the glass roof".

in hyundai/kia evs when you option a leather interior you lose like 40 miles of range because the wheels are forced to be 2 inches larger.

Tesla needs to bring the same juniper brake system to model 3, add back the premium sound system in the RWD and use the new juniper light bar design

100% agree with everything you said. I daily a '22 M3 LR AWD and compared to the other '23 Model 3 RWD we have, it is noticeably better, like a 9/10 compared to a 7/10. Of course the RWD has an already excellent sound system, but besides the missing bass and sub bass, it feels like the sound stage also disappears behind you, out of your 180° field of view, whereas the AWD makes you feel like you are surrounded completely 360°.

They are in Europe between those two models. Bizarre decisions

I was set on the AWD for all the upgrades. But an extra $4k just for a bit faster 0-60 and less range is a lot harder to justify.

I LOVE the premium sound system with more speakers. Sound systems are huge for me in a car purchase.

Does this get the $2,000 model y loyalty bonus?

Nothing reeks more of upselling arrogance then going to the Lexus website and configuring a sport sedan. Nickel and diming you for a touch screen and a heated steering wheel a la carte. Each interior feature costing 1-2k a piece. With I shit you not, 11 model tiers for the IS alone. Tesla is the worst car company except for all the other car companies

The real reason the interest rate wins over the savings at purchase is because you can do the minimal down payment and instead put the rest you would have paid into CDs or high yield savings accounts and earn more than the interest paid.

Never heard of that. Please educate me

I checked the site and it seems like there is no difference on anything else other than awd vs rwd? Is this actually true or is the tesla site just not comoaring everything?

yes..nca

In EU only the AWD has the premium audio.. bummer

Can you explain this more? When did they change the rules on reporting range? Do we know the battery pack size?

The lease option looks appealing.

For what i'm reading that is no. I don't own a model y so can't take advantage of it. Do have a model 3.

How do you know? I'm trying to find that info on the website. Thanks in advance.

If you go to Tesla under the new Model Y, it says "View and Compare features". It says "Included with All Trims - 15 speakers, 1 subwoofer"

Give it time. It will absolutely come to it. And likely 0%. They've done it once already. They'll do it again. The floor gates opened.

I always had an AWD Model Y and for a short time I had the RWD Model 3. Now that the new RWD Model Y is set to 5.4 0-60 vs 4.8 AWD. Is that even noticeable? I'm Florida so no need for AWD.

If you are a current Y owner you get an email offer for $2k if you replace it with a new one.

Still waiting for the 7 seater...

One of the car magazines tested the Highland LR RWD and they did 0-60 in 4.6 secs.

Once again a huge benefit that doesn't apply to Europe :(

With Plaid motors so that it's faster than EV6 GT.

I didn’t get that email

actually it was a while ago. I got mine April 26th The 1.99% APR email stated "cannot be combined with this $2000 offer"

> It does not appear at this time to be eligible for the promotional APR Give it a couple of weeks

I'd rather have more range and a lighter car. Every EV I've bought is a RWD.

Sure everyone does that but Tesla is the one who's seeing sales go down.

You mean rwd?

They will both be 0% before long.

It's half the cost of what I paid for my Y in 2022. This company is going right down the drain.

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Makes plenty of sense if you prioritize range over being slightly faster.

Both are equally negligible and you’d probably have better resale with the AWD. I’m sure some edge cases could prefer the extra range though.

No links from that blog.

Surely the next refresh has to incorporate the cybertruck changes 800V, steer by wire, right? The Juniper just doesn’t feel substantially different than that original 2018 model 3 base platform, just incremental improvements (better soundproofing, better suspension, slightly more battery).

Inflation too, though that would eat into CDs. Need index funds for that

chances of 0% APR financing by end of the year?

OR you need AWD for winter or off roading

I think you have good chances to see 0% by the end of the month honestly. My zip code is full of model Y’s in inventory ready to go.

Is that a thing? Not sure if this is satire

nah u just bought at the wrong time

I just upgraded from a 18 m3 LR DM to a Y Juniper LR DM. It's pretty different.

I was able to combine with the $500 loyalty offer though

Not because they're not making it customizable enough

But they are all incremental is my point. They haven’t radically changed the battery or the drive train; it’s all the old tech. I’m sure the subjective experience is much better because of all the things I mentioned but it’s not a fundamental shift like steer by wire, V2L, or 800V

The audio system in my dual motor Y is god tier, I have never heard audio sound so perfect

Yes, it's a thing! They had 0% interest promo for the previous model Y earlier this year. Most likely by the 4th quarter of this year or even earlier.

Just curious, did you have a Tesla before? I love the stereo in my 1st gen LR Y.

No I only drove a family ranger, but have heard sound systems in Mercedes and bmw that my family have bought over the years and they don’t come close

Did you find out?